Bottle-opener.



v R. FLITSCH.

' BOTTLE OPENER.

APPLICATION men NOV. 4. m5.

v Patented July 11, 1916.

I am 3 Nsg @NRY ROLAND FLITSCH, 0F MINER, NORTH DAKOTA.

BOTTLE-OPENER.

Application filed November 4, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROLAND FLI'rsoH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Miner, in the'county of Morton and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Openers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle openers, and the main object thereof is to provide a device whereby corks may be extracted from bottles uninjured and which will not force a cork farther into a bottle in inserting the opener.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which like characters refer to like parts in each of the views, and in which 1-- Figure l is a side view of my device in use as a cork extractor, partly insection; Fig. 2 is a view thereof as a cap remover; Fig. 3 is a face view thereof; and Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2, with the legs extended.

In the drawings forming a part of this application I have shown a handle 5 of substantial oval or elliptical form and, as shown, of channel metal and the ends 6 of which are arranged in parallelism and carry a pivot pin 7 in permanent connection therewith. Pivotally carried by the pin 7 are two arms 8 and 9 which carry pivot pins 10 and 11 at their outer ends for two blades 12 and 13, respectively, made of thin fiat metal and pointed at their ends. From this construction it will be seen that the arms may articulate with respect to the handle, and the blades articulate with respect to their connected arms.

The handle 5 is provided with two cars 14 on the inner surface thereof adjacent the Copies of this patent may be obtained for Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Serial No. 59,566.

legs or ends 6, and I make the handle of a length less than the diameter of the conventional bottle caps and of a Width slightly exceedlng the diameter of said caps, whereby said handle may be slipped over a cap m an inclined position with the cars 14 beneath the cap 15 of the bottle 16, as shown in F1g. 2, and when the arms 8 and 9 are used as a handle and forced upwardly the cap is removed from the bottle. As a cork extractor, I force the blades between the cork and bottle, on diametrically opposite.

sides of the cork, and give a spiral pull to the handle, thus rotating the cork within the bottle and moving the cork outwardly of the bottle at the same time.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is j A bottle opener, consisting of a looped handle, a pivot joining the ends thereof, two arms carried by said pivot and provided, each, with a bifurcated outer end, a pivot in each bifurcated end in parallel'relationship with said first named pivot, and a blade on each of said last named pivots, said bifurcated ends overlying each other whereby the central longitudinal planes of both blades coincide with each other and with the central plane of the handle, and the upper ends of said blades being forced into said cork upon outward strain on said handle by said pivoted arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROLAND FLITSOH.

\Vitnesses CLAIR CORNELL, EDITH J oNns.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner'ofj-Patents,

Washington, I). 0. 

